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• Semis Pile-Up On S.R. 200 Killing Nassau Driver

  Eddie Farah | June 11, 2007 7:00 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It's an area we've written about before.State Road 200 in Nassau County, where logging trucks and semis pass regularly and at a high rate of speed. This time a man driving a pickup truck was killed around 3 a.m. in a wreck that involved two tractor-trailers and two logging trucks and closed S.R. 200 for close to eight hours. No word on why the unidentified pickup driver lost control of his...

• Hit-And-Run Driver Still On The Run

  Eddie Farah | June 06, 2007 9:19 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It was 5:35 pm, on the usually congested San Jose Boulevard. The date was May 5th.Someone pulled their car into the same lane where 50-year-old Dale Whaley was riding his Harley-Davidson. Whaley was not wearing a helmet when he went flying over the vehicle. He ended up in a medically induced coma with a swollen brain and a pile of mounting medical bills. The hit-and-run driver sped off and...

• Georgia Memorial Day Traffic Fatalities Down

  Eddie Farah | May 31, 2007 10:40 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It sounds sort of morbid. Only seven people lost their lives on Georgia's roads this Memorial Day holiday weekend. That was the "good news" announcement from the Georgia State Patrol.But those are seven families who will never be the same.And the number represents the lowest number of traffic fatalities on Georgia's roads during that weekend ever on record. Back in 2006, there were 17 traffic...

• Drug Whistleblower Smeared by FDA

  Eddie Farah | May 31, 2007 4:14 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Rarely do we get to look inside the tactics that Big Pharma is not afraid to use when threatened.The case of the drug, Avandia which is prescribed to treat Type II Diabetes, largely a lifestyle disease that affects up to 20 million Americans. Data collected at the Cleveland Clinic shows Avandia users could have up to a 43% risk of heart attack and a sharp (64%) likelihood of an increase in...

• Dial 511 For Info On Traffic Accidents, Construction

  Eddie Farah | May 28, 2007 10:47 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  You're heading out on the highway, maybe it's a holiday or there is alot of smoke in the air from nearby fires.Now you don't have to wade through annoying radio commercials trying to sell you cars to hear the latest on road conditions. Just dial 511 for a free call to find out the latest on traffic accidents, road conditions and construction.You are charged for cellphone minutes. Florida has...

• Father Backs SUV Over Child, Kills Him

  Eddie Farah | May 21, 2007 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It has happened again and I'd like every person who drives an SUV in Jacksonville to be aware of this because it is happening too often!Once again, this time a parent, has been unable to see past the large blind spots created by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) and once again a child is the victim.This time it happened in Lauderhill, Florida.10-year old Jair Harris was killed while riding his...

• Young Women Catch Up To Men in Auto Crashes & Seatbelt Injuries

  Eddie Farah | May 17, 2007 2:10 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Consider it a sign of modern times.You've seen them dashing in and out of traffic and tailing someone's bumper on the streets of Jacksonville. Young female drivers are catching up to their male counterparts in many ways--not all of them positive. A study out of the University of California, Irvine, shows that over a ten year period, young female drivers began catching up with male drivers in...

• Mother Causes Disturbance on School Bus

  Eddie Farah | May 12, 2007 8:07 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It was a normal morning ride to Booker T. Washington Elementary School in Tampa. That is until the bus driver opened the doors and let in a mother and her two daughters. Then all hell broke loose.Shayla Muldrow was caught on a school bus videotape. First she asked the driver which girl slapped her daughter.At that point the driver should have been on notice that this woman was up to no good. ...

• PIP Due To Sunset After Lobbyists Clash in Legislature

  Eddie Farah | May 11, 2007 12:29 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It was a long fought fight. The Senate this legislative session had come up with a four year extention to PIP (Personal Injury Protection) that provides $10,000 in hospital coverage when drivers are involved in an auto accident, even when they don't have medical insurance. But the lobbyists for insurance companies fought back arguing that PIP is full of fraud and anyone can claim injuries.In...

• Farmed Fish May Contain Melamine

  Eddie Farah | May 10, 2007 8:35 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  When you shop for groceries, increasingly you see that the fish counter is offering versions of farmed over wild fish.Besides antibiotic use in these farmed fish tanks, and color enhancer to make salmon the same deep color as its wild varieties -- now comes word that melamine, the plastic component found in what's now identified as wheat flour from China linked to the massive pet food recall,...